Well isn’t Zach Wahls, the 19-year-old college student son of two lesbian mothers, just terrific? He spoke yesterday before the Iowa State House, trying to convince lawmakers not to approve a bill that would let voters ban gay marriage and civil unions. Which they did.

“After awl.. dat’s what makes a fam’ly.” I had no idea that was the dialect spoken around the corn fields, but he is intelligent, persuasive, beyond attractive. Still, do we judge the civil rights issue of marriage equality on the basis of how the kids turn out? Straight couples have nothing to prove. As far as I’m concerned, the issue is strictly constitutional. Eh, dat’s how it should be! (Ech, I’m gonna tawk like dis awl day.)

Here’s a TV interview we just did with Zach where he talks about what it was like growing up with two mothers, what led him to decide to go and speak before the House of Representatives, how his life has changed after being thrust into the public eye, and what other young people can do to fight for equality and speak out against intolerance.